Jayne Persian
@drjpersian.bsky.social
Historian. mainly post-WW2 displaced persons. migration. dabbles in the far right.
Books: Fascists in Exile; Beautiful Balts. Co-editor: Histories of Fascism & Anti-Fascism in Australia.
Books: Fascists in Exile; Beautiful Balts. Co-editor: Histories of Fascism & Anti-Fascism in Australia.
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Success rate is just number of successful submissions as a proportion of the total (eligible) submissions. For DECRA, there's a fixed number funded – 200 per year – and so the changing success rate directly indicates the number of applicants, with some exceptions (e.g. in 2012, 277 were funded).
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Success rate is just number of successful submissions as a proportion of the total (eligible) submissions. For DECRA, there's a fixed number funded – 200 per year – and so the changing success rate directly indicates the number of applicants, with some exceptions (e.g. in 2012, 277 were funded).
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DECRA success rate is the lowest in 14 years, since 2012 (1st year the scheme ran).
What a pathetic system we have for supporting new ideas, new people…
DE26: 13.1%
25: 17.9
24: 19.6
23: 15.0
22: 19.7
21: 17.1
20: 16.0
19: 17.2
18: 16.3
17: 16.7
16: 16.4
15: 14.3
14: 13.6
13: 15.6
12: 12.8
What a pathetic system we have for supporting new ideas, new people…
DE26: 13.1%
25: 17.9
24: 19.6
23: 15.0
22: 19.7
21: 17.1
20: 16.0
19: 17.2
18: 16.3
17: 16.7
16: 16.4
15: 14.3
14: 13.6
13: 15.6
12: 12.8
🚨 #DECRA #DE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/285
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/285
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November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
DECRA success rate is the lowest in 14 years, since 2012 (1st year the scheme ran).
What a pathetic system we have for supporting new ideas, new people…
DE26: 13.1%
25: 17.9
24: 19.6
23: 15.0
22: 19.7
21: 17.1
20: 16.0
19: 17.2
18: 16.3
17: 16.7
16: 16.4
15: 14.3
14: 13.6
13: 15.6
12: 12.8
What a pathetic system we have for supporting new ideas, new people…
DE26: 13.1%
25: 17.9
24: 19.6
23: 15.0
22: 19.7
21: 17.1
20: 16.0
19: 17.2
18: 16.3
17: 16.7
16: 16.4
15: 14.3
14: 13.6
13: 15.6
12: 12.8
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Everything must be THE MARKET!!!!
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Everything must be THE MARKET!!!!
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November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I didn't do well on my Yr 12 HSC because I was too busy reading, underlining and making notes know William Shirer's Rise & Fall of the Third Reich 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I didn't do well on my Yr 12 HSC because I was too busy reading, underlining and making notes know William Shirer's Rise & Fall of the Third Reich 🤣
This is such a howler. It's 2025. The literature is out there. Read it. Please.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is such a howler. It's 2025. The literature is out there. Read it. Please.
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
At the airport cafe and through my Bose noise-cancelling headphones I can hear music, TV, conversations & announcements 🙃 sell me silence!!
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
At the airport cafe and through my Bose noise-cancelling headphones I can hear music, TV, conversations & announcements 🙃 sell me silence!!
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“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
Pope Leo with the antidote to a HE planning day 🙃
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Pope Leo with the antidote to a HE planning day 🙃
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"Persian forces readers to confront the uneasy coexistence of humanitarianism and hypocrisy in Australia’s post-war nation-building."
Pierluigi Bolioli reviews @drjpersian.bsky.social's 'Fascists in Exile' for @jich.bsky.social (advance access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Pierluigi Bolioli reviews @drjpersian.bsky.social's 'Fascists in Exile' for @jich.bsky.social (advance access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"Persian forces readers to confront the uneasy coexistence of humanitarianism and hypocrisy in Australia’s post-war nation-building."
Pierluigi Bolioli reviews @drjpersian.bsky.social's 'Fascists in Exile' for @jich.bsky.social (advance access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Pierluigi Bolioli reviews @drjpersian.bsky.social's 'Fascists in Exile' for @jich.bsky.social (advance access)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New review of my book 🤓
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
New review of my book 🤓
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The wonderful people at @uncpress.bsky.social sent me an advance copy of my book and I think I’ll have a little cry now. You can order it from here and it will arrive soon (use code 01UNCP30) for a discount uncpress.org/978146968920...
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The wonderful people at @uncpress.bsky.social sent me an advance copy of my book and I think I’ll have a little cry now. You can order it from here and it will arrive soon (use code 01UNCP30) for a discount uncpress.org/978146968920...
Ok I need to know without watching the thing how they can know that is Hitler's DNA
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ok I need to know without watching the thing how they can know that is Hitler's DNA
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4/ Neither is nationalism, xenophobia, or male supremacy.
On the contrary.
In fact, an argument could be made that groups like the NSN simply provide the most consistent & rigorous expression of these sentiments in ways that appeal to young(er) white men in particular.
That, and antisemitism.
On the contrary.
In fact, an argument could be made that groups like the NSN simply provide the most consistent & rigorous expression of these sentiments in ways that appeal to young(er) white men in particular.
That, and antisemitism.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
4/ Neither is nationalism, xenophobia, or male supremacy.
On the contrary.
In fact, an argument could be made that groups like the NSN simply provide the most consistent & rigorous expression of these sentiments in ways that appeal to young(er) white men in particular.
That, and antisemitism.
On the contrary.
In fact, an argument could be made that groups like the NSN simply provide the most consistent & rigorous expression of these sentiments in ways that appeal to young(er) white men in particular.
That, and antisemitism.
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3/ Secondly, understanding requires context, esp historical & local.
The NSN didn't drop out of the sky.
Rather, it developed from within the kernel of Reclaim Australia, 10 yrs ago, w assistance from NAlt, which was itself inspired by anti-mosque agitation.
And Islamophobia is hardly fringe.
The NSN didn't drop out of the sky.
Rather, it developed from within the kernel of Reclaim Australia, 10 yrs ago, w assistance from NAlt, which was itself inspired by anti-mosque agitation.
And Islamophobia is hardly fringe.
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
3/ Secondly, understanding requires context, esp historical & local.
The NSN didn't drop out of the sky.
Rather, it developed from within the kernel of Reclaim Australia, 10 yrs ago, w assistance from NAlt, which was itself inspired by anti-mosque agitation.
And Islamophobia is hardly fringe.
The NSN didn't drop out of the sky.
Rather, it developed from within the kernel of Reclaim Australia, 10 yrs ago, w assistance from NAlt, which was itself inspired by anti-mosque agitation.
And Islamophobia is hardly fringe.
My contribution to the Whitlam discourse is that, in my research around leftist allegations against Croatians & ASIO, Jim Cairns could generously be termed naive and/or not someone who needed hard evidence in order to agree in principle to firebombing people's homes.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
My contribution to the Whitlam discourse is that, in my research around leftist allegations against Croatians & ASIO, Jim Cairns could generously be termed naive and/or not someone who needed hard evidence in order to agree in principle to firebombing people's homes.
Did I sit through all those Bliss n Esso ads for nothing
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Menulog is closing down in Australia. Here's what we know
The food delivery company is set to shut down on November 26. Here's what we know about the closure.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Did I sit through all those Bliss n Esso ads for nothing
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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If you’re interested in the history of the far right in Australia, as well as those who have opposed it, our book ‘Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia’ is now on sale with a 20% discount.
@drjpersian.bsky.social
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@drjpersian.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you’re interested in the history of the far right in Australia, as well as those who have opposed it, our book ‘Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia’ is now on sale with a 20% discount.
@drjpersian.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/Histories-of...
@drjpersian.bsky.social
www.routledge.com/Histories-of...
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On 11 November, 1965, Rhodesia announced its Unilateral Declaration of Independence and its break with Britain. For the global far right in the 1960s-70s, Rhodesia became a cause celebre, seen as on the frontline (alongside apartheid South Africa) against communism and multi-racial democracy.
November 11, 2023 at 4:04 AM
On 11 November, 1965, Rhodesia announced its Unilateral Declaration of Independence and its break with Britain. For the global far right in the 1960s-70s, Rhodesia became a cause celebre, seen as on the frontline (alongside apartheid South Africa) against communism and multi-racial democracy.
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New blog post by Alexa Ridgeway
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Beyond Bonegilla: A Call to Remember Australia’s Former Migrant Camps | Australian Policy and History Network
Australia is well practiced in commemorating military history. Anzac Day and Remembrance Day both act as rituals of national memorialisation for the many Australians who have served in wars and peacekeeping missions, and the Australian War Memorial’s “places of pride” online national register provides a map of all the war memorials across Australia. Thousands of […]
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November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
New blog post by Alexa Ridgeway
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Of course, I presume Mr Eltis will always be available to work at Campion College, whose Dean of Studies & Associate Professor of Literature, Stephen McInerney, urges his anti-social media followers to join him in supporting the nazis' electoral vehicle:
Of course, I presume Mr Eltis will always be available to work at Campion College, whose Dean of Studies & Associate Professor of Literature, Stephen McInerney, urges his anti-social media followers to join him in supporting the nazis' electoral vehicle:
![Stephen McInerney on the tweets, NOV $, 2025:
'I'm not in the NSN but believe, for strategic reasons, people should become 'political supporters' of the White Australia Party. The creation of such a parties is the only safeguard against White erasure. Other pro-White parties will follow in time. Sieze [sic] the day.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o2ggsnr4ihu4pjka6zd7rv27/bafkreiaofd2vweb3ahhlnucb7zjchq5qkqgexwlxolc4wcpagknp25ga4e@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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